When a repair is all you need

When a repair is all you need

This lovely oil painting portrait was brought to us because it had fallen over by accident and landed on something sharp which ripped the canvas quite badly. As you can see it was ripped in a very important part of this portrait. This makes for a more difficult...
Late 1800’s painting restored

Late 1800’s painting restored

This painting is thought to be a Solomon Hart painting, a British paintier who lived from 1806-1881. It came to us pretty dark and in need of a real cleaning. Otherwise the canvas and the painting were in fairly good condition, and no major work was needed beside...
Baseball painting restored

Baseball painting restored

This painting has special meaning to the customer, because it is her father when he was very young and playing baseball. An artist painted this for the family and over time it had been misplaced. Over the years the painting turned up but it was in pretty bad...
Beautiful portrait restored

Beautiful portrait restored

This painting came to us in need of some attention. It was not terrible, but it had some small holes right through the canvas, the canvas was somewhat rippled, and it was also in need of some cleaning. The other challenge was that the canvas was not tacked to the oval...
Family portrait restored

Family portrait restored

This nice painting came to us not long ago, and it looked like it needed some serious restoration. The canvas was in good shape, and thankfully it had not been through something terrible like a storm or fire. That said, it did have quite a thick layer of nicotine, or...
Elegant portrait

Elegant portrait

This lovely painting came to us from a local woman who has had this portrait in her family for generations. The painting itself is beautiful, but it needed some serious attention, and it was a very delicate, if not fragile, painting to work with. Among other issues,...